The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-09
JEAN SAVART, TRAMP.
The Ten-Tale Handkerchief He
Picked up.
A Night in Barn-How He Hid His
Treasure-A Cruel and Bloody Crime
Avenged in a Remarkable Manner.

Jean Savart had worked for three
years in the vineyard of Michael Prony,
near Epernay, in Champagne, France.
Whence he came nobody knew, and he
never opened his mouth on the subject.
He was not bright but he was steady
worker and minded his own business.
One day he accidentally pushed a boy
into the River Marine, and Prony grew
mad and kicked him out. Jean went
off and travelled to small town called
La Fere. He turned down shady lane
and went over fence to look for a
place to sleep. He pushed his way
through briers and underwood until he
reached pathway, which he followed
up the hill. Hearing footsteps behind
him, he stepped aside and crouched in
the bushes, A man and woman walked
by, talking earnestly in low tones, 1t
was too dark for Jean to see them dis
tinctly. Soon after they had passed.
they stopped and continued to talk.
Presently there was the bark of a
dog Jean looked out cautiously for
he was afraid of dogs. He saw big
animal leaping around the man and
woman. The woman was playfully
beating him off with her handkerclief
and saying;
Down, Prince, DOWN. SCI
The dog came bounding toward Jean
with something white in his mouth.
He stopped within ten feet of where
Jean was, and began to shake what he
had in his mouth and paw it. Then he
bounded back to the man and woman,
and Jean heard the woman say: a..
''What haveyou done with my hand
kerchief, you wicked dogP' W y III
There was u long, shrill whistle.
The dog started of, and the man and
woman hastily separated, the man
turning into the bush and instantly
vanishing.
Jean lay still for few minutes, then
he ventured from his hiding-place and
looked around. No one was near; not
sound was to be heard. Right in
front of him lay the white object which
the dog had carried in his mouth.
Jean lifted it and found it was a hand
kerchief. He put it in his pocket and
walked in the direction which the
woman had taken.
When he reached the summit of the
hill, he saw a house among trees, He
came to a road and wall which shut
off the ground of the house from the
highway. There was huge iron gatel
Jean walked toward it cautiously. He
was about to look through the bars
when he was startled by voice close
at hand, saying: what would you
have, friend?" Jean involuntarily
took off his cap and turned to whence
the voice came. Then, for the first
time, he saw man leaning against
one of the stone pillars of the gate.
BY his speech Jean could tell he was q
gentleman, so, as related, he took of
his hat and said:
Good evening, Monsieur; l am
poor traveller looking for work. y
After questioning Jean further the
gentleman said:
Come with me and Twill give you
place where you may sleep for the
night"
Jean followed the gentleman through
the gate up to the house, and into a
barn two hundred yards beyond it.
. SNOW" said the gentleman, "close
the door and be still and nothing will
harm you until the morning"
jean lay down upon heap of straw
and watched the stars, which he could
see through a hole in the roof.
Presently the door opened, and txC